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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
3
A narrator recalls river drifting with friends when he meets Eve beneath an old apple tree in her father's garden. They share a charged, silent courtship ending with a kiss promised for tomorrow, but Fry arrives revealing Eve is his sister, leaving both blushing and amused.
A whispered vow seals a brother and sister’s surprising union. Three months later a tidal wedding unfolds as the couple departs church in a galley, four oarsmen propelling them to Eve’s father’s lawn where bells ring and vows are sealed under an apple tree.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece quotes Northern detectives denying the existence of secret knockout drops used by criminals. They argue such drugs are implausible, seldom work, and dives typically rely on ordinary whisky to rob intoxicated victims.
An Englishman in Bengal rode a newly shipped bicycle ten miles to a tea planter’s house with a tiger at his rear. The rider, an expert on a new machine, outran the beast up a hill and reached the plantation. He returned home the next day with a rifle and escort, but did not meet the tiger again.
The article notes that 4,200 plant species are used commercially in Europe for scents. Among them 420 produce pleasing perfumes used in fragrances and soaps. White flowers top in count with 1,124 varieties, 187 scented. yellow blossoms total 951 with 77 perfumed. red flowers 823 with 84 scented. blue 594 with 34 perfumed. violet 308 with 13 scented.
The Clarksville Leaf Chronicle recounts a courtroom scene where Aunt Cherry Mallory testifies about the annihilation of a hog by a railway locomotive. After swearing in, she is pressed by the lawyer to describe what she saw in very few words as the judge listens.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses a widow and disposition but lacks usable names, dates, or locations. The incomplete text offers no verifiable facts or actionable details beyond reference to a forgiving stance and earthy description, making precise summary difficult.
A Washington Star account describes Kentucky and West Virginia mountaineers using animal skins as currency. A mule skinner buys goods with rabbits, coonskins, and squirrel hides, with occasional fur buyers from Lexington or Cincinnati. The reporter notes frequent barter and a peculiar payout for a fiddler involving potatoes and onions, illustrating a barter economy in the region.
A list of new Patents covers an automatic irrigation system driven by a water wheel, portable seat covers from an endless fabric, a dust removing attachment for currycombs, salt and pepper stored in knife handles, hat fasteners with hair care combs, a feed box for horses and cattle, a celluloid shield for collars, a method using soluble blocks to set tombstones, and a closing proverb about secrets and storms. The item highlights the inventor names Westerners and entries across agricultural, household, and decorative devices.
An old-time exhortation praises womanhood and domestic virtue emphasizing the duty of mothers to care for children. It argues many feel unable to balance home life as the world grows listless and impure, then touts Pe-ru-Na as a kindling energizing tonic to revive vitality.
An advertisement extols Pe-ru-na as the sole medicine women can rely on, claiming it cures catarrh in any organ and all mucous membrane inflammation. It asserts Pe-ru-na is effective where other remedies fail, addressing congestion as catarrh and promising broad curative reach.
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